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Senators McCain, Lieberman downplay Mitchell's threat
Roni Sofer
Published: 10.01.10, 19:33
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1. Its not the invasion of Grenada, you know
(01.10.10)
2. Worthless Congress
Marcel ,   Florida   (01.10.10)
They always talk big but never act.. Hot air mixed with corruption amount to nothing. Just like their law to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 1995 ,it's all show and no substance with a lot of worthless excuses to deceive Israel.. Israle needs to trust the one who Avraham trusted as a real friend.
3. Mitchell Al Libani came to listen but stayed to threaten
Alan ,   SA   (01.10.10)
4. It was a stupid thing to say...let's move on.
Andy ,   ramat hasharon   (01.10.10)
5. Obama: Sanctions for Israel
Edward   (01.10.10)
Talk with Iran so they can build the bomb.
6. US TO ISRAEL: YOU'RE NOT A CHILD ANYMORE
Andrew ,   Miami,FL   (01.10.10)
Now is NOT the time to ask for $$ - Israel is not a child any more - if US policy saiys no more aid then so be it - no more aid. Israel is not a child any more - the US is not its parent.
7. Obama turning world upside down, for the worse
Ora ,   Canada   (01.10.10)
8. To: No. 6
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.10.10)
Exactly! Given the high demand throughout the world for Israel's military systems, information technology and medical advancements .... who needs the United States, anyway? What's a palty $2.2 billion dollars in aid in light of the hundreds of billions that would come Israel's way just via the sale of its drone aircraft technology? However, Obama is nothing if not predictable -- his pathetic outreach to Islamofascist and Arab regimes that are openly and overtly hostile to the United States is nothing short of pathetic. A short note to "President" Obama, which I have taken the liberty of passing on to the White House: Go ahead, Obama -- dig yourself even deeper in the hole in which you find yourself. You'll be impeached long before you ever come up for re-election. The American voters know what a fraud you are. Go back to being a neighborhood "organizer." You're really not equipped to do much more. You and the "Reverend" Al Sharpton and the "Reverend" Jesse Jackson. As far as American presidents go, you are neck-and-neck with Warren G. Harding for candidate of "worst American president ever." Should fit right in with your resume, which is -- sadly -- not all that impressive, especially the part where you claim to have been editor of the Harvard Law Review. Tell the truth -- your class rank wasn't even high enough to rate interviews with third and fourth rate law firms. Affirmative action is a grand thing, but it only gets you so far. What was it -- two or three attempts before you managed to pass the bar? Just as well no serious firm recruited you -- you'd have been out on your ass following your first failed bar exam. You didn't belong in law school to begin with, and everyone knows it.
9. israel is the spoiled child
masjnoe   (01.10.10)
as one can see israel can do nothing without us. israel shame on you, you spoiled child.
10. Mitchell answers to Obama; Congress answers to electorate
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (01.10.10)
There's an election coming in November, and Congress knows that in the US Israel enjoys overwhelming support compared to the Palestinians. Of course, they *could* work against popular will, as they're doing on the health care question. But if they do, it'll cost them in the end.
11. #9 - Masjnoe, Fork over the cash
Yosef Levy ,   Tel Aviv Israel   (01.10.10)
and unfork your toungue sweetheart.
12. Obama advisers frustrated +desperate
Sam ,   Canada   (01.10.10)
Obama's advisers are simply frustrated and desperate to get peace talks going between Palestinians and Israel. However, Netanyahu and Abbas refuse to budge on their positions on Jerusalem construction. As the Americans have previously said, it is up to the parties in conflict to decide on solutions not Mitchell, Rahm Emmanuel or the other paid advisers.The Palestinians are looking for Arab armies and Western sanctions to collapse Israel and Obama's advisers are naively playing into their hands.
13. To: No. 9
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.10.10)
Really? Where was the United States when Israel rescued hostages in Entebbe, over half of which carried American passports? Where is the gratitude from the United States for Israel having destroyed the Osirac reactor in Baghdad back in 1981? Would have been quite a different Gulf War in 1991 if Israel hadn't! We will clean up the mess you have made in Iran, and we will probably even have to sort out the mess the United States has created from Iraq to Pakistan, which appears to now extend to Yemen as well. Just stay out of our way.
14. PA ought to talk, Israel gave them the Gaza strip.
JJ ,   SA/TX   (01.10.10)
15. When will American Jews stop denying...
Mahlon Drumgoole ,   Newark NJ   (01.10.10)
..............that they made a big mistake in not voting for a friend of Israel? Also, when will American Jews understand that the real problem Israel faces is not the loss of US aid; it is the refusal of the US to use its security council veto to stop sanctions against Israel in the UN. An energized Islamic bloc, knowing that the US will abstain on a sanctions vote against Israel, will have no trouble getting a sanction resolution(such as the sanctions against S. Africa) passed. A security council resolution will be the justification for the EU to impose a boycott against Israel and the result would be a disaster for the Jewish State.
16. mitchell....,
nelu ,   portland usa/romania   (01.10.10)
old man!!! we in the us don't agree with you,obama, carter, etc... your antisemetic views are not welcomed!! keep your carrots and sticks to yourself to munch on!!
17. See, I told you the House&the Senate would NEVER let this
pass.Idle threats ,   is all this is.   (01.10.10)
18. Obama remeber its you who wants reelction in 2012 not Mitche
zionist forever   (01.10.10)
We have had a few senators with the November midterms in mind saying sorry and that they all like Mitchel but he didn't really mean it and thats not US policy. We also have McCain saying that Obama wasn't involved in this statement but everybody knows that Mitchel cannot make blunt statements like this without orders from the boss. Come on Obama why don't you give a press conference explain how Mitchel was mistaken and that the you would personally never allow it. Remeber its not your muslim friends you need in 2012 & the Democrat senators need in November its the pro Israel US voters. Say nothing and its going to cost seats in November. Thanks to his attempts to threaten Israel Obama has just assured himself that the Mitchel talks will achieve nothng and the anti peace process camp have just been given more ammunition because they will say we can't trust the US to be an honest broker so we must do things our way.
19. Aid to Israel
Robert ,   Brisbane, Australia   (01.11.10)
To No 13: "We will clean up the mess you have made in Iran, and we will probably even have to sort out the mess the United States has created from Iraq to Pakistan, which appears to now extend to Yemen as well". You are right to refer to the mess created by the US but it is a mess initiated and made by your hero and the worst president ever of the US - George W. Bush. You refer the Obama as the worst president but only because he doesn't kow-tow to objectionable individuals such as yourself.
20. #15. When will American Jews stop denying...
Paul ,   Florida   (01.11.10)
When will American Jews begin considering America's interests. When will American Jews stop supporting israel right OR wrong. Mahlon, It's happening now.
21. #19No, we refer to Obuslim as the worst pres. ever because
Jason ,   FT.Worth, TX   (01.11.10)
he IS! He has zero experience in anything other than being a community organizer, and he can give a pretty decent speech as long as he has teleprompters. His speeches are written by his staff and not by him. Take those teleprompters away, and he sounds like a bumbling bafoon! He has found out early on that running a small community of perpahps 7,500 people, is MUCH different than running the largest country in the free world.He is clueless when working with it's military, it's foreign interests, it''s economy, and working with ALL Americans, not just the ones who agree with his communist socialist agenda. So hey mate, it's not that Obaama won't kow tie to us, it's that we REFUSE to kow tie to him. He will be a one term president and will go down in American History as the weakest, useless, and most destructive person to inhabit the White House. He will even bump Al Jimmal Carter out of the WORST EVER PRESIDENT slot that this country has ever had. So stick to your barbies, and crawl back into the joey pouch that you obviously crawled out of.
22. Sara-That's a GREAT letter U sent to WH.Your the best poster
Alan ,   SA   (01.11.10)
You put the Jewhaters who write in here on their a@@ fast.! When one reads the posts of some of our contributors hereabouts ,one sees the mess Obama is making due to the false expectations he is raising... I remember Carter's early days (I was in the States in April May 1977) .Everyone told me, "He's doin a great job!" Jews I spoke to were so impressed with him . "I yam a Democrat"they told me in Brooklyn. In the end he gave us Iran as his enduring legacy ..The .Egypt and Israel Peace had nothing to do with him.It was in spite of him not because of him . Obama will lose in exactly the same way as Carter ...How can a community organiser with a doubtful birth certificate and funnymoney Harvard CV be a Senator for 2 years and stand as Presidential Candidate....and WIN? America oh America!What have you done?
23. threats
colin   (01.11.10)
Mitchell jumps and many lies on sees that he has overstepped his effectiveness/ He has backtrack on every word he used to says in the meaning of peace. The islamiacamerican president also realised he took a step to far. He will loose in the halfway elections and get kicked out in 2012.Who needs an anti-semite in our midst. obama has proven in one year how useless america has become.
24. Neanderthal presidents
Robert ,   Brisbane, Australia   (01.11.10)
To 21: "His speeches are written by his staff and not by him". Which rock have you emerged from under? All presidents have their speeches written for them. Are you suggesting Bush's oratorial expertise outclasses Obama's? If Obama sounds like a bumbling buffoon to you George W. Bush in comparison was positively neanderthal.
25. Senators McCain, Lieberman
Paul ,   Florida   (01.12.10)
are traitors....and Lieberman is a quisling. Their brown nosing mekes me sick.
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